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Cyberthreat Alerts Raised to FIs Amid Heightened Tensions With Iran

“Iran has well-funded and state-supported offensive cyber capability and motive to use it against U.S. organizations, including credit unions."

Cybersecurity issues facing credit unions. Cybersecurity issues facing credit unions (Image: Shutterstock).

The cybersecurity threats to financial institutions and other industries are not new threats, but part of an ongoing and possibly more sustained menace to systems and processes existing over a number of years.

On Jan. 6. the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency addressed the concerns: “Increased geopolitical tensions and threats of aggression may result in cyber and physical attacks against the Homeland and also destructive hybrid attacks by proxies against U.S. targets and interests abroad. Knowing how you, your organization, and your personnel may be exposed or targeted during increased tensions can help you better prepare.”

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Roy Urrico

Roy Urrico

Roy W. Urrico specializes in articles about financial technology and services for Credit Union Times, as well as ghostwriting, copywriting, and case studies. Also: writer/editor of a semi-annual newsletter for Association for Financial Technology since 1997 and history projects funded by the U.S Interior Department, National Park Service and Warren County (N.Y.).

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